<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of this paper is to show the importance of accounting information for management, especially in medium-sized companies. Sampling was carried out according to the accidental principle, after which we selected 300 medium-sized and large companies. We used the questionnaire, which was standardized and implemented online. Two hypothesis were tested with a chi-square test and contingency table. In this study of Slovenian large and medium companies, we want to find out whether the size of the company has an impact on organizing a specific controlling service in a company and whether, in large companies, heads of accounting are more often members of management than in mediumsized enterprises. We discovered a bias between organizing a specific controlling department and the size of a company, and that large companies have more often organized a special controlling service than medium-sized enterprises. We also discovered the accounting officer’s membership in a company’s management team is not related to the size of a company. The results of the research could be used in controlling in medium-sized companies, where we suggest that management accounting in these companies is part of management decisions.</p></abstract>

The aim of this paper is to show the importance of accounting information for management, especially in medium-sized companies. Sampling was carried out according to the accidental principle, after which we selected 300 medium-sized and large companies. We used the questionnaire, which was standardized and implemented online. Two hypothesis were tested with a chi-square test and contingency table. In this study of Slovenian large and medium companies, we want to find out whether the size of the company has an impact on organizing a specific controlling service in a company and whether, in large companies, heads of accounting are more often members of management than in mediumsized enterprises. We discovered a bias between organizing a specific controlling department and the size of a company, and that large companies have more often organized a special controlling service than medium-sized enterprises. We also discovered the accounting officer’s membership in a company’s management team is not related to the size of a company. The results of the research could be used in controlling in medium-sized companies, where we suggest that management accounting in these companies is part of management decisions.

Influence of Company Size on Accounting Information for Decision-Making of Management

University of Primorska, Faculty of Management

Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy

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The aim of this paper is to show the importance of accounting information for management, especially in medium-sized companies. Sampling was carried out...

Influence of Company Size on Accounting Information for Decision-Making of Management

Published Online: Jul 12, 2019

Page range: 11 - 20

Received: May 01, 2019

Accepted: May 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ngoe-2019-0007

Keywords
management accounting, controlling, medium-sized companies, accounting information

© 2019 Tatjana Horvat et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Influence of Company Size on Accounting Information for Decision-Making of Management

Published Online: Jul 12, 2019

Page range: 11 - 20

Received: May 01, 2019

Accepted: May 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ngoe-2019-0007

Keywordsmanagement accounting, controlling, medium-sized companies, accounting information

© 2019 Tatjana Horvat et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
management accounting, controlling, medium-sized companies, accounting information